A healthy well-balanced diet is of great
importance if you wish to maintain or improve your vision. Base
your diet on wholefoods, eating plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables,
nuts and dairy products and keep tea, coffee and refined sugars
to an absolute minimum. You will then be well on your way to improving
not only your vision, but your health in general as well. Certain
vitamins and minerals are of particular importance to your eyes:-

B complex is required by the eyes to keep
them healthy. A deficiency of B2 can lead to bloodshot, burning
or gritty feeling eyes, cataracts and sensitivity to bright lights.
Good food sources are, brewer's yeast, yeast extract, wheatgerm,
wholegrain cereals.

Vitamin C has been found to be helpful in
the prevention of cataracts and glaucoma. High concentrations of
vitamin C are found in heealthy eyes. good food sources are: citrus
fruits, other fruits including tomatoes, green vegetables, potatoes.

Selenium helps to prevent cataracts and to
slow the ageing of the eye. Good food sources are: fish and shellfish,
sesame and sunflower seeds, wholegrain cereals.

Zinc is required in a high concentration
for the retina to function properly. Zinc is also required to release
vitamin A from the liver for use by the eyes. Good food sources
are: shelfish, liver, red meats, eggs, sardines, nuts and seeds.